Houndstooth Media (10/2006 - present)
827 Pacific Ave., New Orleans, La 70114
Writer / Designer / Operator
Business offers hosting, design, marketing and Web services for more than a dozen Web sites for several clients. Services include digital and print design and tech support when neccesary.
Web: http://www.houndstoothmedia.com
Contact: Self

Natalie Smith (7/2006 - 5/2008)
618 Belleville St. , New Orleans, La 70114
Office Manager
Placed container and warehouse orders for three high end furniture companies, customer service, office management.
Contact: Natalie Smith, (504) 367-4780

Hotel Inter-Continental, New Orleans (10/2005 - 7/2006)
444 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans, La 70130
Quality Assurance Inspector
Supervised a staff of 15 - 20 room attendents and maintained quality assurance for guest rooms.
Web: http://new-orleans.intercontinental.com/
Contact: Victoria Shcherbakov, (504) 525-5566

Patron Saint Productions (9/2004 - 8/2005)
3923 Louisa St., New Orleans, La 70112
Art director
Responsibilities were creating and design of several Web sites, editing and pagination of company newsletter and conduction online publicity campaigns.
Web: http://www.patronsaintpr.com (not designed by LV), http://www.authorviews.com (designed by LV)
Contact: Steve O’Keefe, (504) 483-3116

Gambit Weekly (6/2004 - 10/2004)
3923 Bienville St., New Orleans, La 70119
Freelance writer
Responsibilities included writing restaurant and nightclub blurbs, features and editorial assistance.
Web: http://www.bestofneworleans.com
Contact: David Lee Simmons, (504) 483-3116

La Jolla Light (5/2000 - 4/2004)
565 Pearl St., San Diego, Ca, 92037
Arts and culture editor
Responsibilities at this weekly newspaper included writing features and news, proofing entire publication, headlines, assigning stories to freelancers, gathering appropriate images for articles, interviews, pagination of entire paper through two separate designs, creating cover ideas and designing images for the cover, Web publishing, editorials, arts reviews, coaching freelancers and interns. This experience culminated in three weeks as an interim executive editor on two occasions.
Web: http://www.lajollalight.com
Contact: Brendan Ruff (858) 459-4201

The San Diego Troubadour (6/2001 - 9/2002)
409 Nautilus St., San Diego Ca, 92037
Freelance writer
Responsibilities included writing music critique, album reviews, proofing and interviews.
Web: http://www.gothere.com/sandiego/Troubadour/index.htm

The Gay and Lesbian Times (2/2001 - 9/2002)
3911 Normal St., San Diego, Ca, 92103
Freelance writer
Responsibilities included writing 3500+ word cover stories, editing and interviewing subjects on personal matters.
Web: http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com
Contact: Pat Sherman, (619) 299-6397

San Diego City College (2/2000 - 5/ 2001)
1313 12th Ave., San Diego, Ca, 92101
Instructor
Responsibilities included teaching computer classes to college instructors,designing and updating college Web pages, tutoring faculty on software programs and maintaining faculty computer lab.
Web: http://www.city.sdccd.cc.ca.us
Contact: David Kater, (619) 388-3400

The Mission (7/1998 - 10/1999)
2801 University Ave., San Diego, Ca, 92104
Night Manager
Responsibilities including supervision of employees, inventory, table service, wine service, closing of restaurant, food handling, nightly reports.
Web: http://www.themissionnp.signonsandiego.com
Contact: Tom Fitzpatrick, (619) 220-8992

The Westin Canal Place (7/1997 - 5/1998)
100 Rue Iberville, New Orleans, La, 70130
Banquet Manager
Responsibilities included setting up various styles of meetings, dinners, weddings and receptions for up to 1,500 attendees; interviewing and training new hires, maintenance of all banquet equipment, interaction with group contacts and other guest services, management of banquet department employees, counseling of employees and review of employee performances.
Web: http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/MSYCP/main.wnt
Contact: Human Resources, (504) 566-7006

Perdido Beach Resort (1/1993 - 5/1997)
27200 Perdido Beach Blvd. Orange Beach, Al, 36561
Lead Server
Responsibilities included supervising a staff of up to 25 banquet servers serve dinners to more than 2000 guests, clean up of banquet facilities, decoration of ballroooms, setup of banquet rooms and facilities and employee counseling.
Web: http://www.perdidobeachresort.com
Contact: Human Resources, (251) 981-9811